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David Copperfield / by Charles Dickens ; introduction and notes by Adrienne E. Gavin ; illustrated by H. K. Browne. - Ware : Wordsworth Editions, 2000. - XX, 750 stron ; 20 cm.

(Wordsworth Classics)

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Dickens Charles (1812-1870) Autor Gavin Adrienne E. Wstęp Browne Hablot Knight (1815-1882) Ilustracje

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Because it is quite seriously abridged, the story concentrates primarily on the extended family of Mr. Peggotty: his orphaned nephew, Ham; his adopted niece, Little Emily; and Mrs. Gummidge, self-described as "a lone lorn creetur and everythink went contrairy with her." When Little Emily runs away with Copperfield's former schoolmate, leaving Mr. Peggotty completely brokenhearted, the whole family is thrown into turmoil. But Dickens weaves some comic relief throughout the story with the introduction of Mr. and Mrs. Micawber, and David's love for his pretty, silly "child-wife," Dora. Dark nights, mysterious locations, and the final destructive storm provide classic Dickensian drama. Although this is not David Copperfield in its entirety, it is a great introduction to the world and the language of Charles Dickens.

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The Great Gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald ; introduction and notes by Guy Reynolds. - Ware : Wordsworth Editions, 2001 - XXII, 122 strony ; 20 cm.

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Fitzgerald Francis Scott (1896-1940). Autor Reynolds Guy (1964- ). Wstęp.

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Bogactwo Miłość Relacje międzyludzkie Nowy Jork (Stany Zjednoczone)

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Generally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald's finest novel, The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the "roaring twenties", and a devastating expose of the "Jazz Age". Through the narration of Nick Carraway, the reader is taken into the superficially glittering world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore in the 1920s, to encounter Nick's cousin Daisy, her brash but wealthy husband Tom Buchanan, Jay Gatsby and the mystery that surrounds him.

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The Prince / Machiavelli ; translated by C.E. Detmold ; introduction by Lucille Margaret Kekewich. - Hertfordshire : Wordsworth Editions, 1997. - XXIV, 143 strony ; 20 cm.

(Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)

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Machiavelli Niccolò (1469-1527) Autor Detmold Christian Edward (1810-1887) Tłumaczenie Kekewich Lucille Margaret (1939- )

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Państwo Polityka

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Polityka, politologia, administracja publiczna

Written in 1513 for the Medici, following their return to power in Florence, The Prince is a handbook on ruling and the exercise of power. It remains as relevant today as it was in the sixteenth century. Widely quoted in the Press and in academic publications, The Prince has direct relevance to the issues of business and corporate governance confronting global corporations as they enter a new millennium. Much of what Machiavelli wrote has become the common currency of realpolitik, yet still his ideas retain the power to shock and annoy. In the words of Norman Stone, The Prince is 'a manual of man-management that would suit a great many parts of the modern world'.

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The Waves / Virginia Woolf ; introduction and notes Dr Deborah Parsons. - London : Wordsworth Editions, 2000. - 172 s. ; 20 cm.

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Woolf Virginia (1882-1941). Parsons Deborah. Wstęp

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'I am writing to a rhythm and not to a plot', Virginia Woolf stated of her eighth novel, The Waves. Widely regarded as one of her greatest and most original works, it conveys the rhythms of life in synchrony with the cycle of nature and the passage of time. Six children - Bernard, Susan, Rhoda, Neville, Jinny and Louis - meet in a garden close to the sea, their voices sounding over the constant echo of the waves that roll back and forth from the shore. The subsequent continuity of these six main characters, as they develop from childhood to maturity and follow different passions and ambitions, is interspersed with interludes from the timeless and unifying chorus of nature. In pure stream-of-consciousness style, Woolf presents a cross-section of multiple yet parallel lives, each marked by the disintegrating force of a mutual tragedy. The Waves is her searching exploration of individual and collective identity, and the observations and emotions of life, from the simplicity and surging optimism of youth to the vacancy and despair of middle-age.

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Wuthering Heights / Emily Brontë ; introduction and notes by John S. Whitley. - First published 1992, new introduction and notes added in 2000. - Ware : Wordsworth Editions Limited, © 2000. - XXIV, 248 stron ; 20 cm.

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Brontë Emily (1818-1848). Autor Whitley John S. (1940- ). Autor wstępu

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Wuthering Heights is a wild, passionate story of the intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine's father. After Mr Earnshaw's death, Heathcliff is bullied and humiliated by Catherine's brother Hindley and wrongly believing that his love for Catherine is not reciprocated, leaves Wuthering Heights, only to return years later as a wealthy and polished man. He proceeds to exact a terrible revenge for his former miseries. The action of the story is chaotic and unremittingly violent, but the accomplished handling of a complex structure, the evocative descriptions of the lonely moorland setting and the poetic grandeur of vision combine to make this unique novel a masterpiece of English literature.

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